Question

A ballroom in a hotel has the shape shown in the diagram. The hotel manager needs to determine how much carpet is needed to recarpet this area. All angles are right angles. The area of the ballroom is

Answer 1

I think the answer is 72yd^2

Answer 2

We can separate the shape into a rectangle and a square
the area of the rectangle :
$3 \times 12 = 36$
the area of the square:
${6}^{2} = 36$
the area of the whole shape:
$36 + 36 = 72$
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